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Trial and error has taught me to rely on computers for many purchases. I wouldn't necessarily say "big" per se, but anything that requires you to do extra validation or fill out forms is just a pain to do from the phone. Glitchy things often happen because too many companies have badly coded mobile experiences.

The worst is when I try to do things on mobile where I follow a link from an email, then partway through get a "We need to verify your email address, please enter the code we just sent," which I can't get to without closing the webview that is currently being served up by my mail app and starting over.

This is a learned behavior. Mobile isn't as reliable

I literally wait until I get to my (desktop) computer to do anything, including pizza delivery. It's just safer. More-reliable. Trustworthy. An old friend that isn't going to screw me over.

I'm a high tech GenX and this isn't just a Millennial trait. I have no damn idea how anyone does anything more than casual media consumption on a small screen. It's maddening and surely qualifies as a form of self torture. Mobile devices in general, including current Gen Samsung and Apple tablets, are just laggy AF unless you've got the high spec (read expensive) version.

I guess I’ll post my same comment as this is making the rounds again.

The bigger the purchase, the bigger the screen required. I’ll buy a cheeseburger on my watch. If I ever buy a house, I’ll need a jumbotron.

I'm the same way. I think it's because I need to have like 15 tabs open any time I book flights and a hotel. Tabbing on mobile is ok, but not smooth enough when I'm in travel booking mode.

Gotta have that desktop level cookie editing so they don't jack your prices up!

Ok I would do that from the phone if I didn't have to go through 1000 steps to log in, go through a laggier site experience with less information on a screen at once, then to order fill out 30 boxes of information. It's just way faster to do on desktop/laptop.

My phone has never seen any payment information and I'd like to keep it that way. Either it works on my Linux system with a Firefox that blocks almost everything I don't specifically allow or the purchase isn't happening.

It might be a function of frequency more than magnitude of purchase. I fly just about every week and find it much more convenient to book my flights and hotels on my phone.

I use VNC Viewer to connect to my linux computer that's on 24/7 so I can get the full desktop web experience no matter where I am outside. It works really well and I can see the fullscreen without having to worry about the page refreshing or dealing with limited mobile sites or downloading yet another app.

I had to get on my laptop just to buy a crochet pattern from etsy.

My Gen-X trait is I only book travel via a travel agent over the phone.

I booked a flight on mobile and missed the tab where they mentioned the return flight was on a Boeing. Got on desktop to re-book for another flight